Timing

Question 1

On average, how much time do you have per quant question

Answer 1

• You have 62 minutes to answer 31 questions in the quant section
• This boils down to 2 minutes per question

Question 2

On average, how much time do you have per Verbl question

Answer 2

• You have 65 minutes to answer 36 questions in the quant section
• This boils down to a little less than 2 minutes per question

Question 3

How should you set up your Quant booklet?

Answer 3

1. Flip to the last page and write “Extra” at the top
2. Flip that page over - break the page into quadrants and write a “0” in the bottom rigth corner. Do this for the next 7 pages with increasing increments of 8 (0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56)
3. The 9th page (The one with 56 in the bottom right corner, will be split into 3 sections rather than 4)

The time amounts, listed in the bottom corner of each page, show you how much time you should have left after answer each question in the quadrant

Question 4

In general when should you bail on a question

Answer 4

1. If right away you see it’s an area of weakness or the problem looks awful BAIL
2. Don’t spend more than 3 minutes on a question. If you don’t have it in 3 minutes BAIL

In general you’ll bail on 2-4 questions in both quant and verbal

Question 5

What do you do if you find yourself more than 3 minutes behind on schedule, after completing a Quant booklet page?

Answer 5

During the next set of 4, as soon as you see a problem that makes you think “Ugh,” bail immediately (within 30 seconds).

Question 6

What do you do if you find yourself more than 3 minutes ahead of schedule, after completing a Quant booklet page?

Answer 6

1. First, take a deep breath.
2. Next, figure out what you need to do to work more methodically.
3. Write all of your work down (especially if it’s math).
4. Make yourself check for the proof in the RC passage—don’t just rely on memory.
5. Slow down the rush. Rushing just causes careless mistakes.

Question 7

How should you set up your Verbal booklet?

Answer 7

• Flip to the last page, split the page in half and write “0R” in the bottom right corner
  
  • 0 represents time left
  • R represents a R passage per set of 9
• On the top half of that page write out A,B,C,D,E once on the far left
• Next write out A, for the remaining 8 problems on that page
  
  • Try to leverage the A,B,C,B,D,E write out spaces on the following problems on that page to avoid having to write it out for each
• Follow the same same process for the next 3 pages, with increasing time in increments of 16 (0, 16, 32, 48)
• If you have 2 Reading passages per set of 9 problems, expect to be 2 minutes behind on that section

Question 8

What do you do if you find yourself more than 3 minutes behind on schedule, after completing a Verbal booklet page?

Answer 8

Bail immediately on the next question

Question 9

What do you do if you find yourself more than 3 minutes ahead of schedule, after completing a Verbal booklet page?

Answer 9

• Slow down a little
• Figure out how to work more systematically to minimize careless mistakes.

Question 10

On average, how much time do you have per IR question?

Answer 10

• You have 30 minutes to answer 12 questions
• Expect to Bail immediately on 3 questions
• With that in mind you actually have 30 minutes to do 9 questions
  
  • i.e A little more than 3 minutes per question

Question 11

How should you set up your IR booklet?

Answer 11

• Use only 3 pages
• Split each page into sets of 4 (like quant)
• Write down 20 (on the bottom of the first page)
  
  • Reduce timing in increments of 10 on the next two pages (20, 10, 0)